IN THE AIR.

Taranaki Daily News, 9 February 1916, Page 5

IN THE AIR.

ZEPPELINS IN ENGLAND. A WARNING TO SPIES. Received Feb. S, 5.5 p.m. London, Feb. 7. An official notice wliieli has been published in a Lincolnshire town states that persons seen flashing lights or letting off rockets or fireworks when hoetile aircraft are present or are expected will be fired on without notice.

THE RECENT RAID. NO STEAMER STRUCK Received Feb. 8, 7.10 p.m. London, Fob. 8. The Admiralty denies the German report that a Zeppelin bombed the Caroline in the Humber, and that the ship sank, with great loss of life. No warship or merchantman was struck during the raid.

ECHO OF PARIS RAID. IMPRESSIVE FUNER \l. -VES. THE GERMANS DENOUNCED Received Feb. 8, 11.50 p.m. Paris, Feb. 8. There were moving scenes at the funeral of the Zeppelin victims. The Notre Dame Cathedral was draped in black and silver, and the tricolors were crossed with erepe. The great crowd was unable to repress murmurs of indignation. After the service the. coffins were covered with tricolors, and were placed on gun carriages and escorted by territorials. At Pere-la-Chaise cemetery the Minister of the Interior made a burning denunciation of the enemy which kills old mnen, women and children in the middle of the night, when the enemy was powerless to win victory by a fair fight in daylight.